• New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki / Mt Cook (3,724m), looms large over State Highway 80.
  • One of the many beautiful waterfalls in the Catlins Conservation Park, located in the south-east corner of the South Island.
  • It's easy to see why the famous author, Rudyard Kipling, described Milford Sound / Piopiotahi as the eighth wonder of the world.
  • Doesn’t matter if it’s rain or shine, Doubtful Sound / Patea is always a spectacular place to be.
  • A hoar frost descends on the trees surrounding Wairepo Arm, near Twizel.
  • In 1925 Lake Monowai was raised two metres to provide for a hydroelectric scheme; drowned trees remain on the water's edge to this day.
  • As cloud whips off the crags of The Remarkables the setting sun breaks the horizon and lights the mountainside in a blaze of fire.
  • Which way is up?  A beautifully still and crisp winter's morning at Lake Matheson, Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
  • When the Tasman Glacier (New Zealand's longest, at 25 km) calves ice into its terminal lake, a winter wonderland is the result.
  • This view up the Hooker River towards Mueller Lake, in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, is obtained around 20 minutes walk in on the Hooker Valley Track.
  • Lake Pukaki takes on this stunning turquoise colour due to the presence of rock flour, which is sourced from the grinding of glaciers against mountains in the headwaters of Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park.
  • Red sky at night, shepherd's delight. Not that any shepherds live at Milford Sound.
  • The Church of the Good Shepherd, surrounded by invasive weeds.  But aren't they pretty! :-)
  • Lupins along the northern approach of State Highway 8 to Lindis Pass
  • The Clay Cliffs near Omarama provide a great backdrop against the Ahuriri River
  • A summer storm over the Waimakariri River coincides with sunset to create a spectacular end to the day
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